Rian Johnson has defended his contribution to the series – and he’s right: it wasn’t his fault they were an incoherent failure
Who’s to blame for the ultimate failure of the most recent Star Wars trilogy? Ask some fans and they’ll point to JJ Abrams, who kicked it off to acclaim from most quarters with The Force Awakens, then completely ruined it with the baffling and ill-conceived Rise of Skywalker. Others will point to Rian Johnson, whose controversial second film The Last Jedi upset many fans for apparently trashing Luke Skywalker and making light of the Force, Jedi and Sith as little more than labels to be discarded when convenient.
In the latest edition of Empire magazine, Johnson speaks of his pride in his film. “I’m even more proud of it five years on,” he tells the magazine. “When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball.”
